Adjective
- [da"'bar'ba"shi/+] {adj. m.; fem. da"'bar'ba"sa/+ daɓarɓasa; pl. da"'ba"r'ba"sa+i (daɓarɓasai)}. Squat (e.g. woman, animal, or thing; the essential idea is that the object strikes the observer as having a firm purchase on the ground and creates an impression of solidity and reliability). e.g. yarinya ce da'bar'basa, she is a dumpy girl. (= da'bas; dam'basa; dam'bar'basa; danda'basa; cf. tsololuwa.)
- gajeren mutum. <> a short person. squat, dumpy, stocky person or animal.